But the lion's share of SBA largesse goes to some of the least concentrated sectors of the economy, areas already crowded with small businesses able to succeed without taxpayer-backed loans: bars, dentist's offices, dry cleaners.

He told Nikkei BP that his experience with eBay--especially the many, many phone calls to the US head office to sort out operational problems and system modifications--taught him a valuable lesson: Let Yahoo have the lion's share of the online auction market in Japan and go after the otaku (fanatics) instead.

The Timken Company [Canton, OH] pioneered the modules back in the early 1990s with the introduction of its Sensor-Pac, and now holds the lion's share of the market it essentially created for pick-ups and SUVs.

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